Publications BY OWL GLASS MUSIC
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Owl Glass Music is a publisher dedicated to the needs of performers. Our growing catalog of pedagogical books and sheet music is designed to help musicians reach their full artistic potential. Hard copy orders will generally be shipped within 3-5 business days from Chicago, IL. PDF orders will be emailed to the email address on file with PayPal within 3-5 business days. If delays are necessary, customers will be contacted by email. If you have questions, please email [email protected]. |
BOOKS
The Scientific Method of Practicing
Hard copy: $20 / PDF: $15 As a class, The Scientific Method of Practicing has benefitted hundreds of students at universities, festivals, and conferences throughout the United States. Now available in book form with engaging artwork by Catherine Baker Design, this information can help countless musicians worldwide achieve more in their practicing. “Young students and veteran teachers could take some new ideas from this talk and apply them immediately!” —Karen McLaughlin Large Assistant Professor of Flute, Florida State University Writing for the website of the National Flute Association |
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From Theory to Practice:
An Analytical Performance Guide for Flutists Volume 1: Orchestral Works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Debussy & Strauss Hard copy only: $20 This new, innovative text is the first in an ongoing series of guides designed to teach pre-professional and professional performers, college-age and up, how to use knowledge from theory and history to craft beautiful interpretations. The depth of information contained in the book will expose younger players to the full, expressive richness of the repertoire and offer insights even to the most experienced players. With vivid artwork from Catherine Baker Design, this is a must-have addition to your library! Works discussed: Beethoven, Leonore Overture No. 3 Mendelssohn, Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream Brahms, Symphony No. 4 in E minor Debussy, Prèlude à l'Aprés-midi d'un faune Strauss, Till Eulenspiegels lustige streiche |
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NarrEtudes
Teacher Book: $35 (hard copy) / $25 (PDF) Student Book: $25 (hard copy) / $15 (PDF) Get to the fun part NOW! Using the newly unabridged story of the Three Blind Mice, this set of 20 studies is designed to provide tools for simultaneously developing technique and expression in young students. In addition to the student book, a teacher guide containing suggestions for instruction is also available. |
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The Caprice Project
Volume 1: 10 Caprices for Beginning Flutists Hard copy: $30 / PDF: $20 HONORABLE MENTION, 2022 NFA NEWLY PUBLISHED MUSIC COMPETITION The Caprice Project is a compilation of teaching pieces containing extended techniques. Volume 1 is for beginning flutists and includes 10 pieces, eight for two flutes (with parts for student and teacher) and two for solo flute. Topics covered include aeolian sound, key clicks, aleatoric playing, whistle tones, harmonics, singing while playing, multiphonics, jet whistles, flutter tonguing, pitch bends, microtones, timbral trills, and graphic notation. A reference recording of Caprice No. 9, Invocation, is included here. Volumes 2 and 3 will be released in 2024 and 2026, respectively. If you are interested in commissioning a caprice for Volume 2, head over to The Caprice Project page. |
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SHEET MUSIC
SOLO FLUTE/PICCOLO
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The Longest Distance (2023) -
Hard copy: $15 / PDF: $10 Commissioned by the California Conservatory Series (Jenni Olson, lead commissioner), this brief, dramatic work for solo piccolo imagines the Japanese concept of the "wind phone," a disconnected telephone booth in the town of Otsuchi, where the living can have conversations with their departed loved ones. |
Click below to listen to Jenni Olson's premiere performance on YouTube:
www.youtube.com/live/ppzWEDBeKH0?si=JBl2fBOLZKxv9fc7&t=4614 |
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Greensleeves: A Meditation (2020) -
Hard copy: $15 / PDF: $10 This pensive rendition of the famous Greensleeves melody is perfect for concerts and religious services. |
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Pop (2017) - Hard copy: $15 / PDF: $10
WINNER, 2018 NFA Newly Published Music Competition Commissioned for the Texas Flute Society's 2017 Myrna W. Brown Artist Competition, this exciting new work uses the style and sounds of pop music to create an explosive musical experience for performers and audiences alike. |
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Chant (2011) - Hard copy: $15 / PDF: $10
This vivid work for solo flute explores the intersection and interaction between flute and voice. Though the two cooperate harmoniously enough in the beginning, the flute becomes increasingly insistent on having the spotlight to itself, and conflict ensues. Who wins in the end? Play it and find out! |
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Blowout (2008) -
Hard copy: $15 / PDF: $10 Written at the suggestion of Jim Walker, flutist extraordinaire, Blowout's mixture of rock, blues, and a little shakuhachi has been well-received by flutists and audiences across America. |
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FLUTE(S) AND PIANO
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Reverie/Diablerie for flute and piano (2023) - Hard copy: $30 / PDF: $20
Commissioned by the Calfornia Conservatory Series (Jenni Olson, lead commissioner), Reverie/Diablerie is a contemporary take on the character of the Paris Conservatory repertoire for less experienced students, complete with beautiful melodies, virtuosic fireworks, and dynamic extended techniques. |
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Nocturne-Lullaby for alto flute and piano (2019) - Hard copy: $30 / PDF: $20
Written after the loss of the composer's mother, Nocturne-Lullaby is a brief fantasy on "Danny Boy," her favorite song. It was written as a gift for the composer's teacher, Marianne Gedigian. |
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In a Yellow Wood for piccolo and piano (2016) - Hard copy: $30 / PDF: $20
Composed to celebrate the life and legacy of famous piccoloist and pedagogue Jack Wellbaum, In a Yellow Wood explores the grief of loss and the joy of memory. It was commissioned by a consortium of Mr. Wellbaum's students and colleagues, led by Dr. Heather Verbeck, faculty member at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and the University of Dayton. |
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Rocket for flute and piano (2014) -
Hard copy: $30 / PDF: $20 Using a famous gesture from Prokofiev's Sonata for Flute and Piano as a jumping-off point, this work imagines the wonder, terror, and thrill of a journey into outer space. |
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A Fragile Circle for flute and piano (2013) - Hard copy: $30 / PDF: $20
This poignant work uses themes from the Verdi Requiem, combining them with original musical materials in an exploration of all of the emotions that come with loss: disbelief, grief, anger, and finally, acceptance and peace. "This is a very demanding and atmospheric piece.... It was a joy and a challenge to perform...." --Greg Milliren, Associate Principal Flute of the Minnesota Orchestra, in Flute Talk |
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Concerto for Four Flutes, RV 580 (After the Concerto for Four Violins) - Hard copy: $45 / PDF: $30
Antonio Vivaldi (Ed. Bouvet, Trans. Hagen) Vivaldi's Concerto for Four Violins, alternately beautiful and fiery, is equally effective in this transcription for four flutes. Two versions of the parts are included: one maintains Vivaldi's original scoring, where the first and second parts are more advanced than the third and fourth, while the other splits the advanced passages between the four parts. |
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FLUTE CHOIR/ENSEMBLE
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Big and Bright (2018) -
Hard copy: $50 / PDF: $35 In celebration of the 25th summer of the legendary Floot Fire summer camps that were founded in Texas by Claire Johnson and now take place nationwide, Big and Bright uses the popular song "Deep in the Heart of Texas" as a jumping-off point for a jubilant fanfare. Accessible to high schoolers and fun for all ages, the piece was commissioned by Dr. Kimberly Clark, Executive Director of Floot Fire. |
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Break (2019) - Hard copy: $50 / PDF: $35
Based on Mary Oliver's poem "Lead," Break was commissioned by Darrin Thaves for the Pacific Flute Ensemble and explores emotions around the composer's sudden loss of his mother in 2019. |
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CHAMBER MUSIC
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La brute, c'est Pan, after Debussy's La flûte de Pan or Syrinx (2023) -
Hard copy: $35 / PDF: $25 Commissioned by Oregon Symphony principal flutist Martha Long and 45th Parallel Universe, this new work for four flutes adapts Claude Debussy's seminal solo flute work, Syrinx, to examine his obsessive, violent pursuit of the nymph Syrinx from her point of view. |
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Greensleeves: A Meditation for two flutes (2021) -
Hard copy: $25 / PDF: $15 This pensive rendition of the famous Greensleeves melody is perfect for concerts and religious services. |
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Leaves for three flutists (2019) -
Hard copy: $60 / PDF: $45 WINNER, 2020 NFA Newly Published Music Competition Leaves commemorates the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman's birth. Each of the eight movements (or "ruminations") is a musical setting of spoken text, taken from the poet's masterwork Leaves of Grass. All players speak in addition to performing on flute and piccolo, and the 3rd flute part also includes alto flute. |
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Elegy for wind quintet (2018) - Hard copy: $40 / PDF: $30
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L'histoire du Chat (2006) for Flute, Cello, and Narrator -
Hard Copy: $60 / PDF: $45 HONORABLE MENTION, 2018 NFA Newly Published Music Competition Written for Minnesota Orchestra Associate Principal Flute Greg Milliren, this comical romp through the "Puss in Boots" fairy tale will delight audiences of all ages. |
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